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FIGURE E9.15 Pickthedarkestgreenandcreateagradient.
You may have noticed that I’ve le the rst color magenta. This is a habit
from the old days of creating palettes for low-powered hardware. This is
commonly the space that is reserved for transparency. Although this may
notbenecessaryforthisparticularexercise,itisausefulhabit.
With our palette neatly organized, we’re now ready to get grooving on
creating some artwork!
Step 4: Create Our First Tile
We’re going to use our lled rectangle tool to ll in one square of your grid
with the middle color of green gradient so it looks like FigureE.. As a
Pixel Artist you will live and